Several months after Karen Hauver retired from a 21-year career with the Ontario Sires Stakes program — a job that precluded her from owning a racehorse — her father suggested that she and her mother join him in ownership of a two-year-old filly pacer that was getting ready to qualify. Hauver’s father, the multiple Hall […] Read more »

The mandatory Foal Location Reports were sent via mail and email last week, and are due back to the Standardbred Canada (SC) office prior to June 30. This report will be used by SC technicians to schedule the identification of your foal(s). It is an important piece to make SC’s identification system streamlined as much as possible. If you […] Read more »

Displaying no ill effects after a 3½-month layoff, the Jeff Cullipher-trained Lovedbythemasses put on a show Saturday night at The Meadowlands, winning the $42,568 featured Presidents’ Day Trot for open-caliber horses in powerhouse fashion. The 7-year-old gelded son of Muscle Mass-Incredibility was making his first parimutuel start since an 8th-place finish in the $600,000 Breeders Crown Open […] Read more »

Powertrain provided all the propusion as he wired his rivals in the $32,000 Preferred 2 Pace at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Feb. 17. Louis-Philippe Roy guided the six-year-old gelded son of Shadow Play straight to the lead from post eight.  Powertrain led the field single file through early fractions of 27.1 and 55.2.  There was no […] Read more »

        The SBOA 2024 Online Stallion Auction was a huge success. The Standardbred Breeders of Ontario Association would like to thank all the stallion breeding donators, and all the bidders for their generous support.  There was $74,700 bid on the combined stallion breeding’s this year. Registered bids were received from across Canada, The USA, and even […] Read more »

Andy Moore’s undefeated filly Margosgotthecargo took the Blizzard Pacing Series title after prevailing in a stretch duel over Angostura Hanover in the $38,600 final featured on Friday, Feb. 16 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. James MacDonald, who drove both Margosgotthecargo and Angostura Hanover to victories in the preliminary legs of the series, said the final looked like it […] Read more »